Erysipelas

Question 1

The agent of swine erysipelas is Erysipelothrix Suis

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The agent of swine erysipelas is carried by asymptomatic pigs in the tonsils

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Swine erysipelas can mainly be seen in winter after introduction of carrier animals

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Swine erysipelas can be an acute septicaemia in pigs

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Diamond skin disease is a clinical form of swine erysipelas

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The agent of swine erysipelas can survive in the environment for a few months

Answer 6

True

Question 7

The agent of swine erysipelas can be present in the environment

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Swine erysipelas can mainly be seen in winter after introduction of carrier animal

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Warm weather is a predisposing factor of swine erysipelas

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Hyperaemic spleen is a typical postmortem lesion of swine erysipelas

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Sheep are generally infected with the agent of swine erysipelas per os

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Vaccines against swine erysipelas give only serotype specific protection

Answer 12

False

Question 13

High fever is a clinical sign of acute swine erysipelas

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Fever is a frequent clinical sign of Swine erysipelas

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Endocarditis can be a post-mortem lesion of Swine erysipelas

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Swine erysipelas cannot be treated with antibiotics because the course of the disease is very
fast

Answer 16

False

Question 17

Swine erysipelas cannot be prevented with vaccinations

Answer 17

False

Question 18

There are no vaccines for the prevention of swine erysipelas

Answer 18

False

Question 19

The agent of swine erysipelas can infect only pigs

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Vaccines against swine erysipelas give only serotype specific protection

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Humans can be infected with the agent of swine erysipelas by eating meat of infected pigs

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Humans can be infected with Erysipelas Rhusiopathie from fishes

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Humans are generally infected with the agent of swine erysipelas through wounds

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Vaccines against swine erysipelas give only serotype specific protection

Answer 24

False

Question 25

In the case chronic swine erysipelas pneumonia is a frequent clinical sign

Answer 25

False

Question 26

The agent of swine erysipelas can frequently cause fibrinous pneumonia

Answer 26

False

Question 27

Erysipelas can be seen only in pigs

Answer 27

False

Question 28

Neuraminidase is a virulence factor of the agent of erysipelas

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Polymyxins are used for the treatment of erysipelas

Answer 29

False

Question 30

In Erysipelas the toxin is the virulence factor

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Diamond skin disease is caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Answer 31

True

Question 32

Erysipelas affects only pigs

Answer 32

False

Question 33

Chronic form of erysipelas can cause skin necrosis

Answer 33

True

Question 34

Chronic form of erysipelas can cause skin necrosis

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae can be carried and shed by asymptomatic pigs

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Only pigs can be infected with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Answer 36

False

Question 37

Purulent pneumonia is a typical clinical form of acute erysipelas

Answer 37

False

Question 38

The agent of porcine erysipelas is carried by asymptomatic pigs

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Warm weather and overcrowding can predispose to erysipelas of swine

Answer 39

True

Question 40

Diamond skin disease is a subacute form of erysipelas of swine

Answer 40

True

Question 41

Overcrowding is a predisposing factor of erysipelas of swine

Answer 41

True

Question 42

The agent of swine erysipelas can cause septicaemia

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Arthritis can be a clinical sign of erysipelas

Answer 43

True

Question 44

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is facultative pathogen

Answer 44

True

Question 45

Turkeys are susceptible to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Answer 45

True

Question 46

There is a serotype-specific protection against swine erysipelas

Answer 46

False

Question 47

Erysipelas often appears in a septicaemia form

Answer 47

True

Question 48

Erysipelas has to be introduced into a herd

Answer 48

True

Question 49

In erysipelas, small vessels in the skin become inflamed, causing erythema

Answer 49

True

Question 50

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a facultative pathogenic bacterium

Answer 50

True

Question 51

In the case of acute erysipelas high fever is an important sign

Answer 51

True

Question 52

The swine erysipelas bacterium is an obligate pathogen

Answer 52

False

Question 53

Erysipelas can be prevented by inactivated vaccine

Answer 53

True

Question 54

The main sign in acute erysipelas is fever

Answer 54

True

Question 55

Geese are susceptible to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Answer 55

True

Question 56

Acute erysipelas causes moderate fever

Answer 56

False

Question 57

Endocarditis is seen in acute erysipelas

Answer 57

False

Question 58

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is not resistant, it cannot survive in the environment

Answer 58

False

Question 59

Some extracellular enzymes are virulence factors of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Answer 59

True

Question 60

Erysipelas can be well treated by penicillin

Answer 60

True

Question 61

Warm weather can predispose pigs to erysipelas

Answer 61

True

Question 62

The causative agent of swine erysipelas is an epiphyte

Answer 62

False

Question 63

“Strong” erysipelas comes together with mild fever

Answer 63

False

Question 64

There is a serotype specific protection in case of erysipelas

Answer 64

False